Meaning of the nameMatteo

Matteo is a male name of Hebrew origin that came through Greek and Latin, and it means 'gift of God'.

Meaning

“gift of God”

Source: Wiktionary: Mateo · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Mateus · Behind the Name: Matthew

People (2022): 6,634
Rank in Brazil: #2,250
Median age: 1 years
2010 Census: 382; people

Matteo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Matteo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (4,893 people).

51 women 6,583 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Matteo is most common

States with the highest share of people named Matteo in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,565	0.006%
Rio Grande do Sul	762	0.007%
Paraná	516	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	478	0.003%
Santa Catarina	478	0.006%
Minas Gerais	418	0.002%
Bahia	176	0.001%
Distrito Federal	129	0.005%
Pernambuco	114	0.001%
Espírito Santo	111	0.003%
Goiás	104	0.002%
Ceará	103	0.001%
Mato Grosso	99	0.003%
Pará	94	0.001%
Amazonas	67	0.002%
Maranhão	65	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	62	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	61	0.002%
Paraíba	50	0.001%
Alagoas	43	0.001%
Piauí	31	0.001%
Sergipe	29	0.001%
Tocantins	23	0.002%
Rondônia	22	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Matteo

Wiktionary traces the Italian Matteo and the Spanish Mateo to the Latin Matthaeus, from the Greek Ματθαῖος, which comes from the Hebrew name Mattiṯyāhū, 'gift of the Lord'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado (1981), gives the same chain for Mateus and the meaning 'gift of god'. It is the biblical name of Matthew, of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 6,634 people named Matteo, with a median age of 1. Mateo is the spelling with a single T.

This is the Italian spelling, with a double TT, and the most recorded in the group. Most of the records are of people born from 2020 to 2022. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Other spellings of Matteo

Spelling	People (2022)
Matteo	6,634
Mateo	1,840

Sources

Wiktionary: Mateo · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Matteo · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Mateus · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Behind the Name: Matthew · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Matteo

What does the name Matteo mean?

Matteo means “gift of God”, according to Wiktionary and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

How many people are named Matteo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,634 people with the first name Matteo, which ranks it number 2,250 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.

Is Matteo a boy's or a girl's name?

Matteo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 51 women and 6,583 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Matteo?

Matteo is a name of Hebrew, Greek and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Matteo most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.007% of the state's population is named Matteo (762 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Matteo?

Mateo. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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